There is a coffee shop in Birmingham that makes the very best chocolate chip cookies. I will straight up argue with you, should you dare to say otherwise. For years it has been my favorite place to hide away and read good words, work on homework assignments, and meet...

Not too long ago everything was hazy. I was walking and falling and crawling and standing but everything was, well, foggy. The mist came sudden and quick, unexpected like a midnight phone call. And it stayed longer than it was welcome. But one year ago I sat in church...

Sometimes a knock at the door is the best sound in the entire world. Other days it’s a text message alert at just the right time. And always, hands down, finding a letter in your mailbox is one of life’s simplest, most joyful gifts. A few years ago I saw...

I’m kind of obsessed with books. {I mean, I have an entire page on my blog dedicated to my favorite books of all time.} And I kind of have a hard time understanding how others don’t enjoy reading. Which is honestly the reason why I wrote that post a few...

I’ve heard it said that “you will never be completely at home again because part of your heart will always be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place.” Let me tell you, those words are...

There is very little, if anything at all, that can or should be added to these three little words. Eight days ago I heard the following song for the first time and it is not an exaggeration to say my soul (and my mouth) have been singing it nearly non-stop since then....